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Semiconductor device including a clock adjustment circuit

US9325330B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateOct 8, 2014
Grant dateApr 26, 2016
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Expiry dateOct 21, 2034

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH03L7/0816
  • WIPO fieldBasic communication processes
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Disclosed herein is a semiconductor device that includes a first circuit comprising a plurality of first logic elements coupled in cascade and configured, in response to first and second clock signals and a control signal, to produce control information that indicates a first number of the first logic elements through which the control signal has been propagated during a period defined by a first change in logic level of the first clock signal and by a second change in logic level of the second clock signal, the first and second changes occurring adjacently to each other in same directions as each other, and a second circuit comprising a delay circuit configured to receive the first clock signal and the control information and to produce a third clock signal by delaying the first clock signal by an amount responsive to the control information.

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